Outro

Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will be the first woman and the first former CIA officer to lead the commonwealth.

Host Mary Louise Kelly talks to Spanberger about her unconventional career path that took her from Langley to D.C. and now to Richmond, and how some of her skills from gathering intelligence come in handy in politics. 

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